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Where can I buy some loose balls for an aincient 105 road headset? It's for a 30yo pub steed and the brief for building the thing is old/ junk parts only, but it still needs some bearings in the headset.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
This might sound sarcastic but what about a local bearing supplier?
lbs? 5/32" IIRC
or online from SJS
I got a whole pile from my LBS recently - 1/8th I think? It was something like £1.50 for 50 or something.
David.
@ Kingtut: Not sarcastic at all. The company has an account with one... I should just get my finger out and stop being a lazy c.....
@ Everyone: Spoke to my LBS but they didn't seem to understand the concept loose bearings not in a race. I think they just weren't interested. What diameter do I need? Slippery things to get in a Vernier.
105 headset, Model No. HP-1055 (circa 1989) - 5/32" bearings loose or caged.
Hope this helps.
Is there something about the cups that rule out caged bearings? I swapped loose for caged 'back in the day' and had no problems.